The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) for Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale increased 0.9 percent for the two months ending in August 2025, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissioner Chris Rosenlund noted that the index for all items less food and energy rose 1.2 percent during the two-month period. The food index decreased 1.0 percent, while the energy index rose 0.2 percent. (Data in this report are not seasonally adjusted. Accordingly, bi-monthly changes may reflect seasonal influences.)

The Phoenix area all items CPI-U increased 1.4 percent for the 12 months ending in August. The index for all items less food and energy advanced 1.7 percent over the year. The food index rose 1.0 percent. The energy index fell 0.8 percent.

  

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Chart 1. Over-the-year percent change in CPI-U, Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ, August 2022–August 2025

Month	All items	All items less food and energy
Aug 2022	13.0	12.3
Oct 2022	12.1	11.1
Dec 2022	9.5	10.2
Feb 2023	8.5	9.1
Apr 2023	7.4	8.1
Jun 2023	4.4	5.9
Aug 2023	3.7	3.5
Oct 2023	2.9	3.2
Dec 2023	2.7	2.8
Feb 2024	2.2	2.5
Apr 2024	2.6	3.0
Jun 2024	2.7	3.4
Aug 2024	2.3	3.2
Oct 2024	1.6	2.7
Dec 2024	1.6	1.8
Feb 2025	1.8	1.6
Apr 2025	0.3	0.7
Jun 2025	0.2	0.1
Aug 2025	1.4	1.7

The food index decreased 1.0 percent for the two months ending in August. The index for food at home (grocery store purchases) decreased 0.3 percent. The food away from home index (restaurant, cafeteria, and vending purchases) declined 1.8 percent for the same period.

The food index rose 1.0 percent over the year. The food at home index advanced 1.5 percent. The food away from home index rose 0.9 percent.

The energy index rose 0.2 percent for the two months ending in August. Gasoline prices rose 0.1 percent.

The energy index fell 0.8 percent over the year. Gasoline prices declined 0.8 percent.

The index for all items less food and energy rose 1.2 percent during the two-month period. Among the index’s components, prices were higher for education and communication (+3.5 percent), medical care (+2.8 percent), and shelter (+1.0 percent). In contrast, prices were lower for new and used motor vehicles (-0.2 percent).

The index for all items less food and energy advanced 1.7 percent over the year, reflecting higher prices for other goods and services (+6.2 percent) and recreation (+5.0 percent). In contrast, prices were lower for apparel (-2.3 percent) and shelter (-0.1 percent).

The October 2025 Consumer Price Index for the Phoenix area is scheduled to be released on November 13, 2025.

The Consumer Price Index (CPI) is a measure of the average change in prices over time in a fixed market basket of goods and services. The Consumer Price Index for Phoenix is published bi-monthly. The set of components and sub-aggregates published for regional and metropolitan indexes is more limited than at the U.S. city average level; these indexes are byproducts of the national CPI program. Each local index has a much smaller sample size than the national or regional indexes and is, therefore, subject to substantially more sampling and other measurement error. As a result, local-area indexes are more volatile than the national or regional indexes. In addition, local indexes are not adjusted for seasonal influences. NOTE: Area indexes do not measure differences in the level of prices between cities; they only measure the average change in prices for each area since the base period.

A full all-items data series history for the original index value and for 1-month, 2-month, 3-month, 6-month, and 12-month percent changes can be accessed via BLS data query tools. A direct link to the all-items series is provided in Table 1 of this release under historical data.

The Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale metropolitan area covered in this release consists of Maricopa and Pinal Counties in the State of Arizona.

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Table 1. Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ, CPI-U by expenditure category for August 2025, not seasonally adjusted (December 2001=100 unless otherwise noted)

Expenditure category	Indexes				Percent change from -
	Historical data	Jun. 2025	Jul. 2025	Aug. 2025	Aug. 2024	Jun. 2025	Jul. 2025
All Items		185.525	-	187.112	1.4	0.9	-
Food and beverages		193.132	-	192.052	1.1	-0.6	-
Food		197.262	-	195.254	1.0	-1.0	-
Food at home		189.878	190.320	189.306	1.5	-0.3	-0.5
Cereals and bakery products		-	-	-	-	-	-
Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs		-	-	-	-	-	-
Dairy and related products		143.761	149.594	145.857	-2.4	1.5	-2.5
Fruits and vegetables		-	-	-	-	-	-
Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials		156.369	156.203	156.026	6.9	-0.2	-0.1
Other food at home		188.316	185.235	184.509	1.2	-2.0	-0.4
Food away from home		211.944	-	208.175	0.9	-1.8	-
Alcoholic beverages		150.400	-	157.920	3.1	5.0	-
Housing		209.060	-	210.896	-0.1	0.9	-
Shelter		224.906	226.305	227.148	-0.1	1.0	0.4
Rent of primary residence		235.999	235.202	236.317	-2.0	0.1	0.5
Owners' equiv. rent of residences		221.420	223.287	224.444	0.7	1.4	0.5
Owners' equiv. rent of primary residence		221.420	223.287	224.444	0.7	1.4	0.5
Household furnishings and operations		117.537	-	118.291	0.7	0.6	-
Apparel		146.587	-	151.765	-2.3	3.5	-
Transportation		152.055	-	152.418	0.8	0.2	-
Private transportation		156.511	-	156.444	0.6	0.0	-
New and used motor vehicles		113.372	-	113.110	1.6	-0.2	-
New vehicles		111.316	-	111.565	0.9	0.2	-
Used cars and trucks		115.456	-	118.688	10.7	2.8	-
Motor fuel		289.287	280.420	290.101	-0.8	0.3	3.5
Gasoline (all types)		289.878	279.984	290.093	-0.8	0.1	3.6
Unleaded regular(1)		289.979	279.538	289.889	-1.1	0.0	3.7
Unleaded midgrade(1)		305.197	296.445	306.081	-0.3	0.3	3.3
Unleaded premium(1)		293.647	285.538	294.952	0.2	0.4	3.3
Medical Care		257.385	-	264.653	-	2.8	-
Recreation		127.920	-	128.289	5.0	0.3	-
Education and communication		115.740	-	119.787	2.0	3.5	-
Tuition, other school fees, and child care		230.766	-	-	-	-	-
Other goods and services		-	-	186.630	6.2	-	-
Footnotes (1) Special index based on a substantially smaller sample.
- Data not available. NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date. Data not seasonally adjusted.

Table 2. Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ, CPI-U by special aggregate index for August 2025, not seasonally adjusted (December 2001=100 unless otherwise noted)

Special aggregate index	Indexes				Percent change from -
	Historical data	Jun. 2025	Jul. 2025	Aug. 2025	Aug. 2024	Jun. 2025	Jul. 2025
All items		185.525	-	187.112	1.4	0.9	-
Food		197.262	-	195.254	1.0	-1.0	-
Energy		254.654	250.772	255.164	-0.8	0.2	1.8
All items less food and energy		179.059	-	181.187	1.7	1.2	-
All items less energy		181.531	-	183.157	1.6	0.9	-
All items less medical care		181.472	-	182.709	0.8	0.7	-
All items less shelter		165.579	-	166.871	2.3	0.8	-
Commodities		146.209	-	146.636	0.2	0.3	-
Commodities less food		124.640	-	125.851	-0.3	1.0	-
Commodities less food & beverages		123.541	-	124.518	-0.4	0.8	-
Durables		85.417	-	85.947	-0.3	0.6	-
Nondurables		183.842	-	184.031	0.7	0.1	-
Nondurables less food & beverages		171.645	-	173.409	0.2	1.0	-
Nondurables less food		169.954	-	172.352	0.5	1.4	-
Services		213.460	-	215.980	2.1	1.2	-
Services less rent of shelter		197.177	-	199.919	4.9	1.4	-
Services less medical care services		208.667	-	210.676	1.2	1.0	-
- Data not available. NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.